This article was originally posted by Gerben Venekamp in SURF’s Innovation Blog What are Federations and why does research need them? Today, research for a number of disciplines is conducted more in collaborations and less in small individual projects. The…
Technical architects within research and e-infrastructures and scientific communities are invited to give feedback on technical recommendations and guidelines documents produced in the Authentication and Authorisation in Research Collaborations (AARC) project. The documents will remain open for comments until the…
Passionate and fruitful discussions during the AARC project’s final meeting of 2016 showed the value of face-to-face gatherings. Kindly hosted by CERN on 29 November to 1 December, the meeting agenda was packed with sessions reviewing the project’s strategic direction…
Communities that are designing and implementing their Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI) would often appreciate some guidance. One such community is the Helix Nebula Initiative: “a partnership between industry, space and science to establish a dynamic ecosystem, benefiting from open…
During the past year the AARC project and partners have been working to provide solutions to help research collaborations adopt federated access. After a little more than one year in the project, we reflect in a mini-series of blogs on how…
Like aircraft queueing on a runway, 11 pilots of authentication and authorisation infrastructure (AAI) components are lining up for their test flights. The AARC project is exploring how well these fit the requirements of research communities and the time will…
The training workshop Federate to Win! took place on the 28th of June 2016 in Helsinki, during the LIBER Annual Conference 2016. The aim of the workshop was to allow participants to gain an insight on the benefits of federated…
AARC is now entering its second year. And as all little toddlers do, it has taken the first steps to finally walk on its own! On 27-28 June the achievements of the AARC (Authentication and Authorisation for Research and Collaboration)…
Introduction: certificates 101 In a digital world, we also need digital identities. Everyone nowadays has a Google, Facebook, etc. account and is used to logging in using a username (email address) and password. This works great for end users who…
Whilst the increasing scale and connectedness of R&E federations is extremely valuable for collaboration, it does expose an inviting new vector of attack for malicious actors. A single compromised account may provide an entry point to this global network of…
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